BlueTegu’s Weblog

There are about 6.7 billion people in our planet today.  What percent of the world population are aware that Obama won the election, and is about to become president of the US? What percent of those have high hopes for a positive change and brighter future? I don’t have numbers, but my feeling its over 80%. Think about it, more than 5 billion people put their hopes on a single human being.

The American citizens hope for re-bounce in the economy, better health care, ending the US involvement in Iraq, world leadership towards good, improvement of the US image in the world, conduct according to higher moral standards, and much much more. The Arab world, the Palestinians, the Syrian, the Iranian, other Arab and Muslim nations  hope Obama would move away from the ‘clash of civilizations’ viewpoint to ‘cooperation among civilizations’ path. The Palestinians and the Israelis hope the new administration would bring to a viable process toward peace in the region. The south American’s hope for better economy and relation on the basis of equality between the Americas. The Europeans hope the US policy will be closer to the EU social democratic values. Africans, Russian, Chinese, Japanese, Indians, each have hopes for a better future as the new US president is taking office.

I can’t imagine how a person can sustain so much hope.

The problem with ‘too much hope’ is that win-win solutions can not always be found. The Obama administration will have to take decisions that will do good for many, but may disapoint hopes held by others. Obama, and his administrationn will do mistakes, as any human administration does.  The danger with hope is that once it is shuttered, the result is worse than ever.   So keep your hopes up, but make sure you hold tight to reality. And be patient. A better future is awaiting, I hope.